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NAQC Staff

The NAQC team brings expertise, dedication and commitment to the work of advancing the quitline community. Feel free to contact us with questions or comments. Staff may be contacted via email or telephone (1-800-398-5489).

Linda Bailey, JD, MHS
President & CEO
Ms. Bailey is the founder of NAQC and provides leadership and strategic vision for the organization. She has a notable career in public health as an attorney, educator and epidemiologist. Prior positions have included director, Center for Tobacco Cessation (American Cancer Society); associate director, Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office on Smoking and Health in Washington, D.C. (US DHHS); senior advisor on health promotion and disease prevention, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health (US DHHS); study director, Institute of Medicine; and epidemiologist, Houston Health Department. She has served on faculty at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and the University of Maryland School of Law. Ms. Bailey holds a bachelor’s degree from Tufts University, a master’s in health sciences from Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health and a law degree from the University of Maryland School of Law.

Natalia Gromov
Administrator
Ms. Gromov manages many business operations for NAQC, including bookkeeping, membership inquiries and data, meeting planning, vendor relations and support to NAQC’s President & CEO. She has five years experience in database development and management, business operations, bookkeeping, human resources, and liaising with vendors and clients.

Tasha Moses, MPA
Program Manager
Ms. Moses is a program manager on a 2-year RWJF funded project working to enhance cessation services for selected HUD housing developments across the U.S. Ms. Moses’s is an experienced public health professional with a unique background that encompasses over 15 years of diverse experience in the non-profit, government and health care sectors. Ms. Moses has a successful track-record for designing, executing and managing cross-sector initiatives and an established reputation for forging multi-sectorial collaborations with diverse stakeholder groups to accomplish shared goals. Ms. Moses holds a Bachelors of Science Degree in Political Science and Sociology from Northeastern University and a Master of Public Administration Degree with a specialization in Health Policy and Management from New York University.

Deb Osborne, MPHManager, Public-Private PartnershipsMs. Osborne has over 20 years of public health experience with 10 years dedicated to tobacco control and prevention. In her role with NAQC, she works to help state’s enhance their capacity to meet the demand for quitline services and sustainability through the development of public-private partnerships. In her most recent position as Director of Cessation Initiatives with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, she spearheaded the development of a very successful statewide quitline cost-sharing partnership with private health plans. In her previous position, as the Director of Secondhand Smoke Initiatives, Ms. Osborne developed the statewide infrastructure for the passage of local clean indoor air policies. Ms. Osborne holds a bachelor’s degree from Colorado State University and a master’s degree in public health from University of Minnesota.

Maria Rudie, MPH
Research ManagerMs. Rudie serves as the lead research and evaluation staff within NAQC. She is responsible for overseeing NAQC’s research and evaluation portfolio (including the annual survey of quitlines, minimal data set, evaluation of our CDC cooperative agreement and literature reviews on best practices)and enhancing activities in this area. Ms. Rudie is a public health professional with over 12 years of experience in tobacco control and cessation.